Electric hair curler and chiller therefor

ABSTRACT

A chiller for an electric hair curler is frozen in a refrigerator to generate a cooling source for an electric hair curler, and the chiller contains: a heat dissipating container for accommodating a cooling material, the heat dissipating container has a removable fixer which is removed from the heat dissipating container and then is mounted on the electric hair curler. The heat dissipating container includes a hollow column, two closing caps covered on two ends of the hollow column, a gasket defined between each end of the hollow column and each closing cap. The cooling material is any one of frozen liquid, water, powders, metal blocks, ceramic blocks, and stones.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an electric hair curler, and moreparticularly to a chiller used for the electric hair curler.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A conventional electric hair curler is employed to perm hairs tostraight hairs or curl hairs, but it hurts the hairs easily. Inaddition, after shaping the hairs, it takes a long time to cool thehairs. Also, during pulling the hairs straightly, the hairs cannot becooled and contact with skins, thus causing discomfort.

An improved electric hair curler is disclosed in CN 104207453A andcontains a first clamp arm and a second clamp arm, wherein a heatremoval plate is fixed in each clamp arm, and the heat removal plate andeach clamp arm define an accommodating chamber. For example, a firstaccommodating chamber accommodates a heat stopper, and a secondaccommodating chamber accommodates a cooling element, wherein the heatstopper is a heat resistor, and the cooling element is a semiconductorcooling element.

Furthermore, an electric hair curler is disclosed in CN 2664457Y andcontains a guiding tube for guiding cooling mists into the electric haircurler. A steam hair straightener is disclosed in CN204048511U to steamthe hairs. A multifunction hair curler is disclosed in CN201414519Y tofeed cool winds from a wind cooler.

However, these hair curlers cannot cool the hairs efficiently and causehigh power consumption, and their structures are complicated.

The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate theafore-described disadvantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an electrichair curler which is capable of overcoming the shortcomings of theconventional electric hair curler.

A chiller for an electric hair curler according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention is frozen in a refrigerator togenerate a cooling source for an electric hair curler, and the chillercontains: a heat dissipating container for accommodating a coolingmaterial, the heat dissipating container has a removable fixer which isremoved from the heat dissipating container and then is mounted on theelectric hair curler. The heat dissipating container includes a hollowcolumn, two closing caps covered on two ends of the hollow column, agasket defined between each end of the hollow column and each closingcap. The cooling material is any one of frozen liquid, water, powders,metal blocks, ceramic blocks, and stones.

In another embodiment, an electric hair curler contains: two oppositeclamping arms which are rotatably connected together by using a firstend of each clamping arm, and a second end of each clamping arm being afree end which expands and retracts. At least one freed end of the twoclamping arms is removed from the electric hair curler to connect with achiller by ways of a removable fixer. The chiller is frozen in arefrigerator to generate a cooling source for an electric hair curler,and the chiller contains a heat dissipating container for accommodatinga cooling material. The heat dissipating container has a removable fixerwhich is removed from the heat dissipating container and then is mountedon the electric hair curler.

Preferably, an electric hair curler according to another embodiment ofthe present invention contains: two opposite clamping arms which arerotatably connected together by using a first end of each clamping arm.Each clamping arm is removed from the electric hair curler to couplewith a chiller by ways of a removable fixer, and the chiller is coveredon a heating portion of each clamping arm. Between the chiller and theheating portion of each clamping arm is defined a heat insulation layer.The chiller contains a heat dissipating container for accommodating acooling material; the heat dissipating container has a removable fixerwhich is removed from the heat dissipating container and then is mountedon the electric hair curler.

Thereby, the chiller dissipates heat efficiently at lower cost.

Preferably, the chiller is removed from and is connected with theelectric hair curler easily.

The electric hair curler of the present invention cools perm hairsquickly and will not hurt the perm hairs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the exploded components of achiller for an electric hair curler according to a preferred embodimentof the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the assembly of the chiller for theelectric hair curler according to the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the exploded components of thechiller and the electric hair curler according to the preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is another perspective view showing the assembly of the chillerand the electric hair curler according to the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 5 is an amplified perspective view of a portion 5 of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the assembly of the electric haircurler according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side plan view showing the assembly of an electric haircurler according to another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 8 is a side plan view showing the exploded components of theelectric hair curler according to another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the assembly of an electric haircurler according to another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the exploded components of theelectric hair curler according to another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 11 is a side plan view showing the assembly of an electric haircurler according to another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 12 is a cross sectional view take along the lines 12-12 of FIG. 11.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a chiller 1 for an electric hair curleraccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is frozenin a refrigerator to generate a cooling source for the electric haircurler.

The chiller 1 comprises a heat dissipating container for accommodating acooling material, and the heat dissipating container has a removablefixer which is removed from the heat dissipating container and then ismounted on the electric hair curler.

Alternatively, the chiller 1 comprises a removable locking protrusionwhich is removed from the chiller 1 and then is mounted on the electrichair curler.

Referring to FIG. 1, the heat dissipating container includes a hollowcolumn 11, two closing caps 12 covered on two ends of the hollow column11, a gasket 13 defined between each end of the hollow column 11 andeach closing cap 12 to enhance closing effect, a protective lid 15fitted on an outer wall of the hollow column 11 to reduce heatconduction and to avoid interference to the hollow column 11 from anexternal heat source, thus maintaining the cooling material at a lowtemperature in the hollow column 11.

The cooling material is any one of frozen liquid, water, powders, metalblocks, ceramic blocks, and stones, wherein the metal blocks are made ofaluminum, iron and copper.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the electric hair curler 100 includes twoopposite clamping arms 101 which are rotatably connected together byusing a first end of each clamping arm 101, and a second end of eachclamping arm 101 is a free end 102 which expands and retracts; whereinat least one freed end 102 of the two clamping arms 101 is removed fromthe electric hair curler 100 to connect with the chiller 1.

As illustrated in FIGS. 2-4 and 6, the electric hair curler 100 includestwo opposite clamping arms 101 which are rotatably connected together byusing a first end of each clamping arm 101, and a second end of eachclamping arm 101 is a free end 102 which expands and retracts; whereinat least one freed end 102 of the two opposite clamping arms 101 isremoved from the electric hair curler 100 to connect with the chiller 1by ways of a removable fixer. The removable fixer includes a guidingprotrusions 14 disposed on an outer end of each closing cap 12, whereinthe guiding protrusion 14 is a foolproof security components, i.e., whena profile or/and a size of the guiding protrusion 14 does not correspondto the outer end of each closing cap 12, the guiding protrusion 14cannot be disposed on the outer end of each closing cap 12.

With reference to FIGS. 3 and 6, the free end 102 of each clamping arm101 has a fixing groove 103 for corresponding to the chiller 1, and thefixing groove 103 has two locking orifices 104 defined on two sidesthereof to match with two guiding protrusions 14 of two closing caps 12,such that the two guiding protrusions 14 of the chiller 1 retain withthe two locking orifices 104. The free end 102 of each clamping arm 101also has a retainer 105 and a compression spring 106 for correspondingto each guiding protrusions 14, wherein the retainer 105 has anextension and a tab, as shown in FIG. 5, and the compression spring 106is fitted on the extension of the retainer 105, such that the retainer105 is pressed or is released to disengage from or engage with eachguiding protrusions 14, wherein when the retainer 105 is released, itengages with each guiding protrusion 14 to fix the chiller 1 in thefixing groove 103 of each clamping arm 101; and when (the tab of) theretainer 105 is pressed, it disengages from each guiding protrusion 14to remove the chiller 1 from the fixing groove 103 of each clamping arm101.

Referring to FIGS. 9 to 12, in another embodiment, an electric haircurler 300 includes two opposite clamping arms 301 which are rotatablyconnected together by using a first end of each clamping arm 301, andthe first end of each clamping arm 301 is in connection with a grip 304,such that each clamping arm 301 expands and retracts; wherein eachclamping arm 301 is removed from the electric hair curler 300 to couplewith the chiller 1 by ways of a removable fixer, and the chiller 1 iscovered on a heating portion 303 of each clamping arm 301, as shown inFIG. 12, and between the chiller 1 and the heating portion 303 of eachclamping arm 301 is defined an heat insulation layer. The removablefixer includes an engaging portion 16 formed on the chiller 1; a trench302 for corresponding to the engaging portion 16, such that the trench302 is engaged with the engaging portion 16. Thereby, the electric haircurler 300 contains the chiller and the heating portion to perm hairs.Preferably, when the two clamping arms 301 clamp the hairs and arepulled along the hairs, they are rotated 90 degrees to contact the hairswith the chiller 1, thus shaping the hairs quickly.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, in another embodiment, an electric haircurler 200 includes a rolling cylinder 201 arranged on a first endthereof and a grip 202 formed on a second end thereof, wherein therolling cylinder 201 is joined with a chiller 1; and between the rollingcylinder 201 and the chiller 1 is defined a heat isolating ring.

In operation, the cooling material is accommodated in the heatdissipating container of the chiller 1, and then the chiller 1 is placedin a refrigerator for being frozen, thereafter the heat dissipatingcontainer is in connection with the electric hair curler. Thereby, thechiller 1 is removed from the electric hair curler and is placed in therefrigerator for being frozen, thereafter the chiller is in connectionwith the electric hair curler to cool the hairs easily.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been set forth forthe purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiments ofthe invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to thoseskilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended tocover all embodiments which do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A chiller for an electric hair curler beingfrozen in a refrigerator to generate a cooling source for an electrichair curler, and the chiller comprising: a heat dissipating containerfor accommodating a cooling material, the heat dissipating containerhaving a removable fixer which is removed from the heat dissipatingcontainer and then is mounted on the electric hair curler.
 2. Thechiller for the electric hair curler as claimed in claim 1, wherein theheat dissipating container includes a hollow column, two closing capscovered on two ends of the hollow column, a gasket defined between eachend of the hollow column and each closing cap.
 3. The chiller for theelectric hair curler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cooling materialis any one of frozen liquid, water, powders, metal blocks, ceramicblocks, and stones.
 4. An electric hair curler comprising: two oppositeclamping arms which are rotatably connected together by using a firstend of each clamping arm, and a second end of each clamping arm being afree end which expands and retracts; wherein at least one freed end ofthe two clamping arms is removed from the electric hair curler toconnect with a chiller by ways of a removable fixer; wherein the chilleris frozen in a refrigerator to generate a cooling source for an electrichair curler; and the chiller comprises a heat dissipating container foraccommodating a cooling material; the heat dissipating container has aremovable fixer which is removed from the heat dissipating container andthen is mounted on the electric hair curler.
 5. The electric hair curleras claimed in claim 4, wherein the heat dissipating container includes ahollow column, two closing caps covered on two ends of the hollowcolumn, a gasket defined between each end of the hollow column and eachclosing cap.
 6. The electric hair curler as claimed in claim 4, whereinthe cooling material is any one of frozen liquid, water, powders, metalblocks, ceramic blocks, and stones.
 7. The electric hair curler asclaimed in claim 4, wherein the removable fixer includes a guidingprotrusions disposed on an outer end of each closing cap; the free endof each clamping arm has a fixing groove for corresponding to thechiller, and the fixing groove has two locking orifices defined on twosides thereof to match with two guiding protrusions of two closing caps,such that the two guiding protrusions of the chiller retain with the twolocking orifices; the free end of each clamping arm also has a retainerand a compression spring for corresponding to each guiding protrusions,wherein the retainer has an extension and a tab, and the compressionspring is fitted on the tab of the retainer.
 8. An electric hair curlercomprising: two opposite clamping arms which are rotatably connectedtogether by using a first end of each clamping arm; wherein eachclamping arm is removed from the electric hair curler to couple with achiller by ways of a removable fixer, and the chiller is covered on aheating portion of each clamping arm, and between the chiller and theheating portion of each clamping arm is defined an heat insulationlayer; wherein the chiller comprises a heat dissipating container foraccommodating a cooling material; the heat dissipating container has aremovable fixer which is removed from the heat dissipating container andthen is mounted on the electric hair curler.
 9. The chiller for theelectric hair curler as claimed in claim 8, wherein the heat dissipatingcontainer includes a hollow column, two closing caps covered on two endsof the hollow column, a gasket defined between each end of the hollowcolumn and each closing cap.
 10. The chiller for the electric haircurler as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cooling material is any one offrozen liquid, water, powders, metal blocks, ceramic blocks, and stones.11. The chiller for the electric hair curler as claimed in claim 8,wherein the removable fixer includes an engaging portion formed on thechiller and includes a trench for corresponding to the engaging portion,such that the trench is engaged with the engaging portion of thechiller.